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Notebook·34 CDF art. 128-4·1957–1958

Henri de Contenson excavation notebook, 10th and 11th seasons, no. 2H. de Contenson

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 191 of notebook 34 CDF art. 128-4 (Henri de Contenson excavation notebook, 10th and 11th seasons, no. 2), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 128-4, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 95Scan 191 of 204

Trench XL - Stratigraphy of the upper part: 0 to 70 cm: surface layer: layer 1 70 to 120 cm: brown earth and walls in fine masonry in the southern half, with pt 19 layer 2 120 to 125 cm: ashes to the South: layer 2 bis

Material from the upper part: Layer 1: pottery rare and mixed, not preserved Layer 2 (pt 19): pottery abundant. fragments of large and fine bowls "wavy line" handles of cups (drawing) very elongated: Layer 2bis: same pottery Date: end of Iron I, 1150-1050.

T. VI (see p. 85) between 140 and 150 Pt 20: second jug placed on its side to the north of the first; bottom of the hole at 180 cm.

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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